Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Ransomware Virus

Posted: October 19, 2012

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Ranking:	2,698
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	45,631

First Seen:	October 19, 2012
Last Seen:	October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

The Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus, while it looks and acts like an alert from a Netherlands police agency, actually is a ransomware Trojan that aims to steal money by making its victims think that they're in legal trouble. Like similar PC threats from its family (identified by SpywareRemove.com malware experts as a branch of Reveton), the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime is an alert that's displayed after the victim's region, according to his or her IP address, has been detected. After accusing the victim of various computer-based crimes, the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus offers a legal fine as a way to avoid a trip to jail, although the money actually goes straight into criminal hands. As malicious and fundamentally dishonest software, the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus's warnings should be ignored, and anti-malware software should be used to remove the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus as elaborated on in this article.

Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus – Knocking on Netherland's Door with the Latest Ransomware Attacks

The Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus is one of many possible ransomware Trojans that are loaded according to the IP address or country of the PC that's being attacked. After being installed, the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus displays a fraudulent legal alert as soon as your computer reboots. Besides blocking your screen, this HTML-based alert claims that your machine has been utilized for illicit activities and that a fine must be paid to make amends.

As is traditional for the Reveton family of ransomware Trojans, Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus utilizes a few references to the Netherlands police force and cash-transaction businesses like Ukash and Paysafecard. All of these references are meant to make the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus's warning look legitimate so that you're encouraged to pay its fake fine, but SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have found Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus to be nothing more than a copy of similar PC threats. Other ransomware Trojans that share Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus's traits while targeting different countries include:

Even though the Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus specializes in attacking the Netherlands, as can be seen by the above list, similar ransomware attacks have afflicted many regions of Europe. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also spotted very similar attacks (albeit potentially from unrelated families of malware) that have been seen in the United States and Canada.

The Lawful Takedown that Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus Will Not Be Able to Resist

The most noticeable aspect of an Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus is its ability to block you from using other applications while Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus is active – which Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus will be, unless you use Safe Mode or boot your operating system from a clean disk source. SpywareRemove.com malware researchers have also seen signs of Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus altering web browser settings in ways that allow your browser to be hijacked, disabling the Task Manager and downloading other malware from remote servers.

Disabling Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus by one of the methods mentioned above is the initial step in removing Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus. Anti-malware software can remove Eenheid Voor de Bestrijding Cybercrime Virus and its changes, and SpywareRemove.com malware research team emphasizes that doing so carries no legal penalties whatsoever – no matter what country you inhabit.

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